Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grotъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-. Akin to German Grat (“ridge, edge”), Gräte (“fishbone”) and Old High German grāt.

Noun

*grotъ m

1. arrowhead, dart, spearhead

   Coordinate terms: *strěla, *kopьje, *sudlica, *oščеpъ

Inflection

Declension of *grotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grotъ	*grota	*groti
genitive	*grota	*grotu	*grotъ
dative	*grotu	*grotoma	*grotomъ
accusative	*grotъ	*grota	*groty
instrumental	*grotъmь, *grotomь*	*grotoma	*groty
locative	*grotě	*grotu	*grotěxъ
vocative	*grote	*grota	*groti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

adjective

• *grěnъ

 

noun

• *granь

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: грот (grot) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hrot
  • Old Polish: grot
    • Polish: grot
  • Slovak: hrot

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 140